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Much has been written about the symbolism of power of the imperial residence on the Palatine in Rome, in provincial capitals such as Salonica during the Tetrarchy, and in Constantine's new capital on the Bosporus. Like the palaces of Constantine's semi-divine pagan predecessors, the palace of Constantinople, residence of the Christian God's representative on earth, was also sacred, as attested in the official appellation, τὸ ἱερὸν παλάτιον and in literary descriptions of the main gate of th...

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